OBSERVATIONS ON SOxME SOUTH AFRLCAN TBRMrTES. 4(S9 



Leg's trauspai'ent ; tibia appearing" 2-segineuted and with a 

 patella. 



Abdomen. — Transparent, with contents and convolutions 

 of viscera visible (when alive a greasy slate-blue) ; elongate- 

 ovoid. 



Hab. — Natal; Mt. Edgecombe, Bellair, Pietermaritzburgv 

 Freve. Transvaal ; Pretoria. 



Eutermes hasta,tus [Eaviland). PL XXXIV, fig. 20. 



Termes liastatus Hav., Jouni. Linn. Soc Loncl., xxvi, p. 410, 

 1898. 



Soldier. 



Measurements. — Total length 4 to 5 mm. ; head with 

 mandibles P7 mm. ; head-width PO to PI mm. 



Head. — Pale creamy- white with a median pearly- white 

 stripe which is about one-third the width of the head ; colour 

 of mandibles in strong contrast. Viewed from above, elongate 

 oval ; sides nearly parallel, tapering* to mandibles. Viewed 

 from the side ; thick ; roundly arched ; caudal extremity 

 convex; frontal area sloping, then precipitous. With 

 scattered, long, translucent bristles. 



Labrum obtuse-triangular ; apex with long bristles. 



Mandibles yellowish-red ; falcate ; very much incurved ; 

 equal ; similar ; apical points very sharp both with acute 

 prominent barbs at half their length. Left mandible with a 

 somewhat salient protuberance at base. 



Antennae pseudo XIII- or pseudo XlV-jointed, occasionally 

 appearing XV-jointed. Usually pseudo XlV-jointed when 

 III is as long as II and nearly twice the length of IV ; III 

 composed of III and IV of XV-jointed expression, always 

 with a pseudo-articulation and two whorls of hairs. When 

 pseudo Xlll-jointed, III as in the XlV-jointed expression, 

 with IV longer and larger ; IV composed of IV and V of 

 XV-jointed expression with a pseudo-articulation and two 

 whorls of hairs. I cylindrical, longer and wider than II ; 

 proximal series cylindrical and the same width as II. Distal 



